'As soon as I crossed the border, I came across about 40 houses and a few schools that were just bombed out,' he says. McCurry's career was launched when, disguised in Afghani garb, he crossed the Pakistan border into rebel-controlled areas of Afghanistan just before the Soviet invasion. Īfter a year working in India, McCurry traveled to northern Pakistan where he met two Afghans who told him about the war across the border in Afghanistan. He became interested in photography when he started taking pictures for the Penn State newspaper The Daily Collegian. He originally planned to study cinematography and filmmaking, but instead gained a degree in theater arts and graduated in 1974. McCurry was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and attended Penn State University.

McCurry is the recipient of numerous awards, including Magazine Photographer of the Year, awarded by the National Press Photographers Association the Royal Photographic Society's Centenary Medal and two first-place prizes in the World Press Photo contest (19). McCurry has photographed many assignments for National Geographic and has been a member of Magnum Photos since 1986. His photo Afghan Girl, of a girl with piercing green eyes, has appeared on the cover of National Geographic several times. Steve McCurry (born April 23, 1950) is an American photographer, freelancer, and photojournalist. Robert Capa Gold Medal for Best Photographic Reporting from Abroad Leica Hall of Fame Award, Hasselblad Master

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